Angler&#39;s implement



1936- c. T. PFLUEGER 2,050,194

ANGLERS IMPLEMENT Filed Nov. 2, 1932 INVENTOR CHARL 5 '7." PFL 4/5 51? ATTORNEYS Patented Aug. '4, 1936 'rATEs ZABSiLlQd ANGLERS IMPLEMENT Charles T. Pflueger, Akron, Ohio, asslgnor to The Enterprise Manufacturing Company, Akron, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Application November 2, 1932, Serial No. 640,813

' 1 Claim. (on. 81-1) as an integral part of another tool frequently used by nshermen, it being shown herein in association with a hook disgorger. I 10 The chief object of the invention is to provide an improved piercing tool for anglers including a sheath for said tool. More specifically the invention aims to protect the angler from the point of the tool, and to protect the point of the tool 15 from damage. Other objects will be manifest.

In the drawing in which the best known or preferred form of the invention is shown:

Figure 1 is a plan view oi the improved implement; 30 Figure 2 is a side view thereoi with the stiletto guard moved to. position to expose the stiletto; V Figure 3 is a view showing the manner in which the implement is used in disgorging the hook; 25 Figure 4 is a section through the stiletto end of the disgorger on the line 4-4 of Figure 1; and

Figure 5 is a section on the line 55 of Figure 3.

The device consists of a bar or main stem I, so one end of which is offset as shown at 2 and is formed with an operative extension or head 3 which lies substantially parallel to the stem I but offset thereirom for the purpose to be noted. The head 3 is flattened and is provided with a 35 claw or V-shaped notch 4. I

In the opera'tionoi' the device, the fisherman inserts the end the disgorgerin the mouth of the fish until the V-shaped notch engages the curved portion of the hook H in the rear 4o of the barb B. By pressing down on the stem,

barb oi the hook are efl'ectively guarded. It is then easy to remove the hook and disgorger 50 without danger 01 again I the hook.

catching the fish on The opposite end of the bar or handle I is formed with the stiletto i0 and at a point some distance in the rear of the point, the handle is flattened,- as at H, at which point the stiletto guard i2 is pivoted. This is in the form of a sheath folded at its midway point, the end of the sheath being mounted on a pivot I! at the point H. The body 01' the sheath is tapered outwardly to fit the taper of the stiletto and is formed with a curved or bowed end defining an eyelet I! which gives a certain springiness to the sheath, and through which a cord or chain 7 may be passed to permit the device to be attached to the belt of the user. Along the [sheath the metal is stamped or pressed outwardly to torrn channels or grooves IS on opposite sides of the sheath which fit over and receive the stiletto. As the sheath I2 is swung into alignment, the sheath will give sumciently to permit it to seat over the stiletto where it is neld against an accidental movement. The stiletto is thus covered while the disgorger is being used for the purposes set forth. In using the fish hook disgorger, the point of the stiletto is covered so that the implement may be pressed inwardly in disgorging the book without danger of injury to the palm. The stiletto is of general utility and; may be used bya fisherman for various purposes such as cleaning out the eyes of artificial baitilies, for punching holes in pork rind, or for so untying knots in the flsh line. .The form oi the device may be varied within the scope of the invention which is not limited to the exact details herein shown and described.

What is claimed is: n 85 An angler's implement comprising a bar having a pointed end portiom-and a spring metal sheath I pivotally mounted upon'the bar and movable angularly over said pointed end portion, said sheath consisting or a single strip of metal iolded 40 1 cmnmsnmunonn. 

